nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230124-095933-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230124s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230124-095933-0 doi eng 342 23 Tokatlı, Mahir Author aut The Sultan’s Last Dance Tokatlı, Mahir Verfassungsblog 2023-01-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Long-time ruler Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently declared that he would run for president for the last time in the upcoming elections in 2023, indicating the end of his political career that stretched over four decades. This may sound like a strategic move to mobilize voters but it is actually not possible for him to run again according to the current constitution. The possibility for a renewed or "last" run for office does not lie in the hands of Erdoğan alone. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism constitution Erdogan Türkei Turkey Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-sultans-last-dance/ raw object